<![CDATA[The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa]]>

false <![CDATA[The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177468829m/706668.jpg 706668 1 <div><b>A young man’s quest to reconcile his deafness in an unforgiving world leads to a remarkable sojourn in a remote African village that pulsates with beauty and violence </b><br> <br><div>These are hearing aids. They take the sounds of the world and amplify them.” Josh Swiller recited this speech to himself on the day he arrived in Mununga, a dusty village on the shores of Lake Mweru. Deaf since a young age, Swiller spent his formative years in frustrated limbo on the sidelines of the hearing world, encouraged by his family to use lipreading and the strident approximations of hearing aids to blend in. It didn’t work. So he decided to ditch the well-trodden path after college, setting out to find a place so far removed that his deafness would become irrelevant.</div><div><br>That place turned out to be Zambia, where Swiller worked as a Peace Corps volunteer for two years. There he would encounter a world where violence, disease, and poverty were the mundane facts of life. But despite the culture shock, Swiller finally commanded attention—everyone always listened carefully to the white man, even if they didn’t always follow his instruction. Spending his days working in the health clinic with Augustine Jere, a chubby, world-weary chess aficionado and a steadfast friend, Swiller had finally found, he believed, a place where his deafness didn’t interfere, a place he could call home. Until, that is, a nightmarish incident blasted away his newfound convictions.</div><div><br>At once a poignant account of friendship through adversity, a hilarious comedy of errors, and a gripping narrative of escalating violence, <i>The Unheard</i> is an unforgettable story from a noteworthy new talent.</div></div> 692947 4 9 2007 The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa total:202|5:68|4:79|3:48|2:7|1:0| 202 814 329 64 5 1 false false Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 04:45:45 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 08:17:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 30 10:13:15 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 07:24:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 16:30:43 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 16:31:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 27 11:06:40 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 14:53:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 13 10:41:18 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 10:47:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 15:35:45 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 15:47:01 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 18:30:29 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 18:44:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 08:35:42 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 14:22:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 08:33:54 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 08:34:45 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 09:56:49 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 19:23:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 06:19:45 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 06:31:08 -0800 2007
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